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You know the season is over when the message board is discussing the pros and cons of the PA announcer and the stretch singers.
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Get 2-3 more Willi Castros
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He'll come out of it when he's playing for another team next year.
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There goes the hope of a hometown discount because everyone loves playing at Wrigley and the adoration of Cub fans.
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Probably a bunch of prospects so PTR can maximize profits.
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I don't know, but a lineup of swing-and-miss guys isn't going to go very far.
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Here we go again. After all the rumors about trading Hoerner last offseason, you want to trade the only hitter on the team who understands the value of putting the ball into play.
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Dansby isn't going anywhere with that ridiculous contract.
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He did pick up a .160 hitter with an OPS of 15 that can play 6 positions though.
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PTR is the most inept because he hired Jed who then hired Hawkins.
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At least we can continue getting a Participation Award.
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And that certainly means trading good prospects to get elite players (Ryan, Gore, etc.)
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Ricketts and Hoyer want to get their money's worth.
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Kelly had a total of 4.1 WAR over 9 seasons before this year. He was signed to be a backup C and was leading the league in OPS certainly qualifies as a surprise. Boyd had a total of 9.7 WAR over 7 years before this one and hadn't pitched over 80 innings for the last 5 seasons and now is in the running for the Cy Young award. Pomeranz had 2 good years in the 15 years before this one. This year he had weeks of not giving up any runs. Palencia never showed much in his ml career and now he is a shut-down closer for a playoff bound team. The Brewers certainly have had surprise players who have exceeded their expectations, but The Cubs have too.
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There are always surprise players that exceed expectations when a team is doing well. On the Cubs you have players like Kelly, Pomeranz, Palencia, and Boyd.
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Who said that Bieber would have cost Wiggins? The Blue Jays got him for a 22-year-old A-ball pitcher.
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The number one thing he had to do was get a SP. The last time Soroka was an effective SP was 2019 and he has a history of arm problems. Bieber was out there if he wanted to take a gamble.
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Which is why we needed a real SP (or 2) at the trade deadline. Jed blew it big time.
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Back in the day, Ditka said "Halas throws nickels around like manhole covers" LOL
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Yeah, there aren't too many sentimental players left, especially with their agents telling them how much money they could get in free agency.
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The Cubs have been reluctant to call up top prospects rather than leaving them to play every day at AAA.
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Sometimes I think the Cubs get players with the thought that they will get a hometown discount after the player falls in love with Wrigley and the fans.
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The 80% that worry more about profit than winning are probably small-to-middle market teams. We should be compared to the major market teams and not Sacramento/Oakland or Kansas City.
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"My biggest disagreement with several posters is I just don’t see it as a foregone conclusion they aren’t even going to be competitive for him." The question is whose definition of "being competitive" are we going to use. According to the Cubs, they have made "competitive offers" to many of the big-time FAs over the years.
